Near the Yongling River Bridge leading to Zhengding County, Wu Ming, Wan Hu and others withdrew here with troops and Minzhuang pulling part of the equipment that had been rushed out. The Yongling River is a tributary of the Hutuo River.

The troops were all tired after running for a night, and when the guards made sure that the devil did not pursue them, Wan Hu said to Wu Ming: "Battalion Commander Wu, the big guys are very tired, stop and rest, and then go." ”

Wu Ming nodded in agreement, and after the troops stopped, Wu Ming kicked on a tree by the bridge with hatred, and blamed himself: "It's really ****** a bag, I have fought so many battles with the regiment commander, and I have never been so as today!" ”

Wan Hu comforted: "Battalion Commander Wu doesn't have to be overly frustrated, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, the equipment is lost, we can still transport it, as long as the brothers are still there, the troops are still there, sooner or later there will be a chance to take revenge, a snow is a shame today!" ”

Billy Lavis also came up at this time, although this foreign devil's Chinese is not very good, but he still followed and comforted: "Miss Wu, you don't have to be sad, I believe that your leader, the great Mr. Qiao Youhua, will definitely breathe a bad breath for what happened to us tonight." ”

Wu Ming nodded silently, and his mood was slightly better.

When it was close to dawn, Qiao Youhua finally rushed to Zhengding County with the guard company, and Wu Ming and Zhao Youde, Wan Hu, Billy Lavis and others went out of the city to greet them.

As soon as they met, Wu Ming and Zhao Youde lowered their heads and said, "Regiment Leader, we have failed and suffered heavy losses, please punish you!" ”

Qiao Youhua looked at Wan Hu and Billy Lavis, seeing that their faces were a little solemn, and after asking what happened, Qiao Youhua stepped forward and patted Wu Ming and Zhao Youde on the shoulders with a heavy expression and said: "The responsibility for this matter is not all on you, the main reason is that our intelligence is not timely, so this accident happened, and you don't have to blame yourself at all." ”

Hearing Qiao Youhua say this, Wu Ming and Zhao Youde felt a little better, but they were even more eager to find a devil to take revenge, Zhao Youde said: "Leader, then what should we do next?" ”

"It's come to this, don't worry, enter the city first, I'll run all the way to hundreds of miles with the guard company, people are sleepy and tired!" Qiao Youhua said excitedly.

After entering the city, Qiao Youhua first asked Zhao Youde to take people to appease the relatives and families who died in the battle last night, promising to give them a generous pension and avenge the sacrificed Minzhuang.

He also asked the communications soldiers of the third battalion to send a telegram to Ma Biao's second battalion to inquire about the situation, and Ma Biao quickly called back, last night his second battalion repeatedly attacked strongly, but was repelled by the Japanese army, which had been well prepared for a long time, and suffered heavy casualties.

In the final analysis, although the strength of the battalions of the Dragon's Tooth Task Force has been restored to the scale before the Battle of Luquan, the combat effectiveness lost by the sacrifice of the elite veterans has not yet been restored.

It is also a frontal offensive operation, and of course it is not the opponent of the 21st Division, which has the advantage of troops.

After sending a telegram instructing Ma Biao to strengthen his defense, in case the devils took the opportunity to attack Erdaogou and Magou, Qiao Youhua began to think about countermeasures, and at the same time let the guard company, which had been marching for a night, take the opportunity to rest in order to recover his body and energy.

The reason why last night's operation failed can be said to be a lot of coincidences put together, even if the Dragon's Tooth Task Force was unlucky, but it also exposed one thing, that is, the Dragon's Tooth Task Force is now extremely lacking in intelligence.

Although the Eighth Route Army has an underground party organization, they are not a real intelligence organization after all, especially for the movement of the Japanese army, the infiltration ability is not strong, so it is impossible to grasp all aspects and grasp the movements of the Japanese army in a timely manner, and last night's incident is an example.

In fact, even the military commanders could not do this, let alone the underground organization of the Eighth Route Army.

Therefore, while Qiao Youhua was thinking about how to avenge last night's revenge, he also considered that it was time to form an intelligence organization under his command and lay out an intelligence network that was completely used by the Dragon Tooth Task Force.

Thinking of this, Qiao Youhua already had a suitable candidate in his heart, but he put this matter aside for the time being, because the most important thing at the moment is to avenge last night's arrow and give an explanation to the families and soldiers of the sacrificed people.

In addition, the little devil's sabotage action caused him to lose a large number of equipment and materials that were about to be used, and the completion of the Daozhì Arsenal had to be delayed for at least a while, and it was impossible for Qiao Youhua to swallow his anger on this alone.

What's more, for last night's operation, both the second and third battalions lost quite a few fighters.

Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can win all battles, although he knows that the devil in Shimen must have received reinforcements, but Qiao Youhua still doesn't know how many reinforcements the devil has, and what the number of the troops is.

So he called Wu Ming, and the two formed a reconnaissance group, quietly left Zhengding County, and went to the vicinity of Shimen to reconnoitre.

In the evening, Qiao Youhua and Wu Ming finally went and returned, back to Zhengding County, just arrived at the third battalion headquarters, Zhao Youde, who stayed behind, said to Qiao Youhua and Wu Ming: "Regiment commander, battalion commander, in the afternoon, Political Commissar Guo sent an urgent telegram from the regiment headquarters, saying that the underground intelligence personnel of our Eighth Route Army have obtained an important piece of information, and the Japanese army has newly transferred a 21st Division to Shimen, and the specific date is in these days.

Judging from this, it should have been this 21st Division that fought with us last night. ”

"The 21st Division?" Qiao Youhua has never heard of the unit number of this division, but it is certain that it is by no means a first-class division.

"Yes, according to intelligence, this is a three-unit division newly formed by the Japanese army, and the division commander is called Sakai Chihei." Zhao Youde said.

"Chihei Sakai?" Qiao Youhua nodded and said, "Sooner or later, kill this old devil!" ”

"Well, did you get any valuable information?" Zhao Youde asked.

Wu Ming said: "The regiment commander and I found that in the area of the confluence of the Taiping River and the Hutuo River west of Shimen, the Japanese garrison troops originally stationed in Shimen were stationed. ”

"That's a good dare, I can finally avenge those sacrificed soldiers and people! Do you know that when I went to comfort those family members in the morning, I saw the scene of them crying bitterly, and I felt guilty and wanted to die. Zhao Youde said when he heard this.

"Go ahead and get ready, we're going to surprise the little devil tonight! Don't take part in this sneak attack, stay and defend the city, mainly by my guard company and your veterans! Qiao Youhua commanded.

PS: Still update two more chapters in the early morning, thousands of words into one sentence, asking for a monthly ticket!!